Means for dropping projectiles from aerial crafts.



B. H. JACKSON.

MEANS FOR DROPPING PROJECTILES FROM AERIAL CRAFTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-20. 1915. RENEWED MAR. 3. 19w.

1,242,553. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

2 SHEETS-S HEET l.

B. H. JACKSON.

MEANS FOR DROPPING PROJECTILES FROM AERIAL CRAFTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.20, I915- RENEWED MAR. 3. I917.

242,553. Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

k p5 MW BENTON H. JHCKSON i which is mounted the motor .M operatively f all it may concern:

a citizen of the United .States, residing at tateof ,Washington, have invented certain lneyvand useful lmprovementsflin Means for DrOpping Projectiles from Aerial Crafts, of ich thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying .draW- M a r e This invention relates tocertain improvementsq lin means :for dropping projectiles jafI'OIIl aerial crafts; and it is an object ofthe .j 1 in vention to .provideimeans-of this general {character of; a novel and improved construction whereby the projectiles are caused to IQp upon an extended area. i i r tis alsolan Object of the invention to wprovide; means of thischaracter' having a n ver a and improved construction wherein a supplyhopper orcontainer is employed and whereby. the discharge of -.the projectiles from said hopper may be readily andconveniently controlled; i Q.

g-The invention consists in the details. of it construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved means for dropping projectiles from aerial crafts e y certain: important advantages areattained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use,

i all; asiwillbe hereinafter more fully set forth.

,j The novelfeatures of the invention will be carefully defined in the. appended claims.

,In order that my inve'ntionymay be the better ;understood,y I -.wil1 now proceed to describeithe same "with reference to the ac companying drawings, wherein 1 Figure 1 is a; view in side elevation illusl ytrating an aerialcraft, withan embodiment of iny invention applied thereto;

:EigmQ 1 is .1 a vertical sectional view taken bodied;

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device as illustratedin Fig. 2;

i I @Fig. 4 is a view in top plan of thedefleeting member or disk; and

. i ,Fig. .5. is a sectional View taken substanutially on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, F denotes the framework of an aerial craft of any desired construction and on Specification of Letters l atent.

e. it-known" that I, BE TON i H. JAcKson,

ayton in the county of Columbia %and through my improved device as herein em-r 3 is. a view in bottom plan of the AT S- PA ENT- QFF E- ancksoniornar'roivi wAsHINGroN. i

namsroanaorrme-rnoano'r tnsraoivr AERfAL caerrs.

p p BatentedOct.9,19 1'7. lhppuatio filed December 20,1915, Serial No. 67,835. mews March 3,1917. Serial No. 152,435.

2 provided with a circular series of openings of predetermined.dimensions.

.Arranged axially of thehopper or con tainer l isa sleeve a extending below the head 2 and above the upper or open end of thehopper or container 1 and, as herein disclosed, said sleeve at is maintained in applied position bygthe braces 5 interposed between the sleeve 4 and the inner wall of the container or hopper 1 and adjacent the opposite ends of said hopper or container. The braces 5 are preferably radially disposed relative to. the sleeve 4 and equidistantly spaced so as to afiord a minimum of obstruction to the projectiles P initially applied within the hopper or container 1. The

projectiles P may be solid shot, bombs or of any other character which is deemed expedient. j

Disposed through the sleeve 4: and extend ingbeyond the opposite ends thereof is the shaft 6 having itsupperend operatively engaged, as at 7, with ,the shaft S whereby axial rotation may be imparted to the shaft 6 when desired. The lower extremity of the shaft 6 has aflixedthereto the disk 8 arranged in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the head 2 and said-disk 8 is of a diameter in excess of the diameter of the head 2 so that the projectilesP dis charged through the openings 3 will fall upon the disk 8. The-disk 8-. is also provided with the upstanding radially disposed .fianges or websF, whichserve, upon the; ro- 1; tation of the shaft 6, to scatter the projectiles]? dropped upon the disk so that said projectiles will fall upon an extended area. The openings '3 are of a diameter materially in excess of the diameter of the projectiles. P generally employed and in order to control the discharge of the projectiles 1? through the openings 3, I have loosely mounted upon the lower end of the sleeve 4 the disk 9 provided with a circular series of openings 10 of a diameter substantiallyequal to the diameter of the openings fdf' fihedis'1z e-oveflii 1 i s lep nding f om; thelo-wer end the,

hopper el container .1 wherebyfsaidlldisk 9 j maintaihed-in"a13plied, pesithmf I-t'is' al sor I i As herein embodi t' be' elaservedithat a portion of the pew '-i?iS{ly engaged, fsaicl 'sl' 'a'ft "being rotatebly supported by the beari ng 15 prefierabl yse r-eul ed tethe 'eut1" 'ace of the hopper or; (301 -ta-1' ner- {l and extencling thereabb-Ve", the v11plper 'gportion of f sai'el shaft being ,prqvid'el Withsfiitzuble' mean sifor, inipa rtingthegrequis'ite :aXiaIrOtatiemthereto, s a idimeahe being eVer; that Iidb"IlOfWiShitObe limited to this particular means for" axially 'retatilig the ;Fr0n1 the foregoing thOught ,to be "obviousithat means for; drOpi ,,ping projectiles" fronijfejeriitl- Crafts *eon 5 'st rected' in acj'c'ercle nce" with iifir'elition' is 70f an extremely simple and eomparzttively The Idisl; 9 is provided with the ext e Si n '01 lug l6' heieinr disclosed as coasting with '{idja'cen-t brackets '01" guides} lllf'whereby the 'afxialr retatifen, of the.

either direction.

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rem-"shown In tiejli U th pugh theliiQpel ii 3 i may "be "reed-11y? and conveniently 'commned,

tidy-the margina -portion phery 0f" 'ithe' fd isk" 9 is :previded 'W ithfthe t'tl y with which "the s'ha ft 1 4 i opera m mma y-a e mpiw ieleijvith .a 'diseherge openinig i afl'ot atable carried byfthe container androvided Wit h h l p ninga @.-.pi riph P o and bpefatively engaged to' the" teeth 'dffthe disk" and: rovided withfam mime-ting means. r t Means} for dropping; projectile -r f rog n' aerial grafts compri ing. bntai'il'er-z' pro:

ev'ded Withadi hs he-=feentainerf and; provided r led Lthe d is h rgge gpeni ngy peripheral 1p ortien 2051' the gelisk beiil'gqafevided with-t th, and a; shaft Potatabl-y gsl l ppogted b rfiliekaigellprovidetl wvith an eperating gmeans, seld shaft being arranged exterio rly 'ofithe 3 a; 1a emits including container having" w d iseham I ebntainerfa. {rotatebly supper'tecl by the eentainer a 'ncl having its marginal-portions 16 disl with ganr-"epening, zvpted (26 register with :theg clliecherge op'eni of the' container, and 1 1 meal-is: 1501f imparting otary movement to f ed sk. 4;: ans fqp dreppin e g @rOjQetHeS -fmm 5 2, 111 aemwl er a ft onsitingofa. Container pm viklelwith an ann g'laf --s' er ies of openings in its'botlmfrr, a 'slee dispesed aziwlly through the eqntai iner' an e I tom thereof; a3-disk frotwtably engaged -with the l I of: -the'- 'sleevei"and?p1 0 -vicled With iopenmgs adapted h I "register 'withcthe op nin s in -the bottem iOf-the' coil} tainel means; for i'impartin rotary movefmenti t0; the disk, and; a; de] eeting' v meniber 1 .t emivel y mount d. Within the s'l'evei- 5 ereuntoafik my' 0e f e-two; witnesses.

w ith imyopmiixig adapted td're'gisten with P65 V thegc ontainer and"operatively engage td-tllBieth of; the r Csaiid} disk being provided '30 

